The Majorana Demonstrator: A search for Neutrinoless Double-deta Decay of 76Ge

Xu, Wenqin

doi:10.2172/1130999

Title: The Majorana Demonstrator: A search for Neutrinoless Double-deta Decay of 76Ge

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Xu, Wenqin ^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Publication Date:: Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1130999

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-23342

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: Astronomy & Astrophysics(79); Nuclear Physics & Radiation Physics(73); Physics of Elementary Particles & Fields(72); Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Astronomy and Astrophysics

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                    Xu, Wenqin. The Majorana Demonstrator: A search for Neutrinoless Double-deta Decay of 76Ge.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Xu, Wenqin. The Majorana Demonstrator: A search for Neutrinoless Double-deta Decay of 76Ge.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1130999

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        "The Majorana Demonstrator: A search for Neutrinoless Double-deta Decay of 76Ge".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1130999.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1130999.

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